If every soldier refused to take arms... there would be no wars; but no one has the courage to be the first to live according to Christ and Socrates, because in a world of opportunists they would be martyred.


Letters home: correspondence, 1950-1963 (ed. HarperCollins Publishers, 1975)

Sylvia Plath Quotes

If every soldier refused to take arms... there would be no wars; but no one has the courage to be the first to live according to Christ and Socrates, ...

If every soldier refused to take arms... there would be no wars; but no one has the courage to be the first to live according to Christ and Socrates, ...

If every soldier refused to take arms... there would be no wars; but no one has the courage to be the first to live according to Christ and Socrates, ...

If every soldier refused to take arms... there would be no wars; but no one has the courage to be the first to live according to Christ and Socrates, ...